Church/Faith Motifĭeath and marriage take place at churches, Owen changes faith because of “an incident” that drove him from his first church, and Johnny’s father turns out to be Pastor Merrill. Owen was a very tiny person so when he had enough strength to kill Tabby by hitting her with a baseball it was a miracle, when Owen stopped Johnny from falling down the stairs that was also a miracle of strength showing that Owen himself is a miracle, at the end it is revealed that Owen’s mother had Owen through a “virgin birth” which would be a religious miracle comparable to that of Jesus. Practiced several times throughout the novel, Owen always wants to get a faster time on this trick, culminated when Owen and Johnny needed to make one final shot placing the grenade on the window sill. Owen’s high pitched voice, his newspaper column is called “The Voice”, his voice is not only significant because its unusual but because at many points he represents the voice of his peers (meaning opinion), Tabby's voice is also a subject of attention - her being a singer. Lydia and Grandma die, all the boys that used to play baseball with Owen and Johnny die, Owen kills Tabby at the baseball game, this eventually concludes in Owen's much anticipated death. Many mentions of graves and gravestones (they live in Gravesend, Owen’s father makes gravestones). Red symbolizes lies, the devil, and impurity. She replicates the dress in both black and white to wear during her normal life, but it is later discovered that she used to wear the red dress during her 'secret life' singing at a club, and is affectionately known there as 'The Lady in Red'.

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